The Château de la Bourdaisière of Montlouis sur Loire !!!

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Let me tell you about a dandy in my road warrior rounds in the wonderful sublime Loire Valley. This is a spot have passed by several times but never in it until now; as the saying goes better late than never!, I came this week and took nice pictures for you and me. It was a great experience, and always looking forward to be back, eventually, This time let me tell you on the Château de la Bourdaisière of Montlouis sur Loire !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Montlouis-sur-Loire is located in the Indre-et-Loire department no 37 in the Centre-Val de Loire region of my belle France. It is located 12 km from Tours, 7 km from La Ville-aux-Dames, 12 km from Amboise, 238 km from Versailles, and 361 km from my current town, I came here from Amboise along the D751 road,

The Château de la Bourdaisière was built during the Renaissance. Largely destroyed in the 18C, the château was rebuilt from the late 18C to the early 19C. The park now houses several places for the conservation and cultivation of plants.

Before the construction of the château, a fortress belonging to several families existed on its site: Marie Gaudin, heir to La Bourdaisière; a high-flying courtesan, mistress of Francis I, Charles V, and, it is said, Pope Leo X. On April 28, 1510, she married Philibert Babou, superintendent of finances for Francis I, who thus became Lord of La Bourdaisière. Ten years later, in 1520, they decided to build a new castle on this site, retaining only one of the old medieval towers. It was in this castle that her great-granddaughter Gabrielle d’Estrées (favorite of Henry IV, and ancestor of Louis XV) and her seven sisters, also known for their role as courtesans, were born. On 16 November 1768, Marie-Charles-Louis d’Albert exchanged La Bourdaisière for Cinq-Mars with Étienne-François de Choiseul-Stainville, Duke of Amboise and master of Chanteloup: the famous minister of Louis XV retired to Chanteloup near Amboise after his disgrace in 1770. Choiseul ordered the demolition of the château in order to deprive his rival, the Duke of Aiguillon, of the view he had from his own château at Véretz. He also used the recovered stones for the construction of the Château de Chanteloup. Purchased by an Englishman in 1938, it was occupied by the nazis, then after the Liberation by a military school. It was then returned to its owners who left it abandoned. In 1959, after the auction of all the furniture, the castle was sold to the town of Montlouis sur Loire, which set up a retirement home there. On September 2, 1991, it was finally acquired by the Princes of Broglie. Louis Albert de Broglie developed a biodiversity laboratory there in the 1990s, including a collection of 700 varieties of tomatoes.

The official Château de la Bourdaisiére: https://www.labourdaisiere.com/en/presentation/

The town of Montlouis sur Loire on its history/heritage : https://www.ville-montlouis-loire.fr/historique-de-la-ville/

There you go folks, another dandy in my Loire Valley road warrior trails on Montlouis sur Loire, plenty to see here. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Château de la Bourdaisiére of Montlouis sur Loire !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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